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Hey Siri not responding to voice in iPhone X/8/7, Fix

Many iPhone
X/8/7/6 users are facing issue after upgrading their iPhone to latest iOS
11.2.6 that Siri not responding to “Hey Siri” and does nothing even
after repeated tries. It seems that "Siri Can't understand me anymore" The issue was not with earlier version of iOS 11 but
seems to occur frequently with this release. Even the latest iPhone X and
iPhone 8 are reported to affected with this upgrade and it seems that mic is not at listening to user at all and
thus Siri not starting.

In case you are
also facing Siri not working issue in iOS11.2.6 issue please try below solution
to fix the issue:

This is a
workaround which worked for some iPhone users. Change Siri’s voice gender by
going to Settings, tap on General and hit Siri. Here, find Siri Voice feature
and tap on it to switch the voice gender. Now Change the Siri language as
well by going to Settings -> General -> Siri -> Language.

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3: Toggle Dictation Settings

Make sure your
iPhone mic are working properly, you can test it by sending some voice message
to friends. Once sure about mic settings, check the dictation settings. Go to
Settings -> General ->"Enable Dictations". Turn this
"OFF" and wait for a few seconds. Finally turn it back on.

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4: Plug it in to a power source it will work

This is surprising
but for many usres this solution seems to work Siri on iOS11. Plug in your
iPhone to charging or plug it to power bank siri seems to work properly.

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5: Check iPhone Restrictions

Be sure that you
have not enabled Restriction option on your iPhone 7 and disabled Siri. You can
go to Settings > General > Restrictions > toggle on Siri &
Dictation. Then you can test whether Siri is normal to use or not.